Well, I have officially started work this week, and it is interesting. I don't like not knowing what to do and how to do it, but hopefully my learning curve will be short. It is different to be free to go wherever, whenever, without having to have someone cover my class! I met the colonel, the garrison commander, today. He is very nice and is quite willing to come to the library and read to the kids any time. I plan to take him up on that soon...
My apartment is so cute, and not so small as you might think. I have only two bedrooms, but a large living room and kitchen, and one and a half baths. I even have a great German-style fireplace in my kitchen! I will put up more pix when I figure out how to do it on my computer at work. I don't have DSL at home yet, and it may not be possible to get it at all in the small village where I live.
The folks we have met through the Chapel on post are super nice. They have welcomed us and included us already in events at the chapel. Thursday nights are Bible study night, which is great. Two of the wives, Carol and Marianne, came to my place yesterday and took me out to lunch. I am feeling less lonely today, except I still miss Ben terribly. I don't have a phone number yet either, so that makes me a bit more isolated.
On Sunday night a very nice couple from the Chapel invited Ben and me to Regensburg, which is south of us about 30 minutes. We climbed to the top of a church tower and saw the whole city laid out before us. It was beautiful! I saw a tower nearby where Charlemagne had rested on a visit to the city hundreds of years ago. The history here boggles the mind. Then we walked across the oldest original bridge in Germany, spanning the Danube (which is called the Donau here.) Our delicious dinner was eaten at a biergarten and enjoyed by all. Ben had to get at least one more excellent German meal in before he left!
I have been walking in the evenings, all around the village and out in the country too. The people are friendly, mostly, and the views are magnificent. I walk for about an hour each night. So far, I haven't gained any weight, nor have I lost any. Hopefully I will be able to get on enough of a schedule to lose again soon.
Thanks for all of your comments! Please also take the survey if it is still available.
Tschuss!
Nan
My apartment is so cute, and not so small as you might think. I have only two bedrooms, but a large living room and kitchen, and one and a half baths. I even have a great German-style fireplace in my kitchen! I will put up more pix when I figure out how to do it on my computer at work. I don't have DSL at home yet, and it may not be possible to get it at all in the small village where I live.
The folks we have met through the Chapel on post are super nice. They have welcomed us and included us already in events at the chapel. Thursday nights are Bible study night, which is great. Two of the wives, Carol and Marianne, came to my place yesterday and took me out to lunch. I am feeling less lonely today, except I still miss Ben terribly. I don't have a phone number yet either, so that makes me a bit more isolated.
On Sunday night a very nice couple from the Chapel invited Ben and me to Regensburg, which is south of us about 30 minutes. We climbed to the top of a church tower and saw the whole city laid out before us. It was beautiful! I saw a tower nearby where Charlemagne had rested on a visit to the city hundreds of years ago. The history here boggles the mind. Then we walked across the oldest original bridge in Germany, spanning the Danube (which is called the Donau here.) Our delicious dinner was eaten at a biergarten and enjoyed by all. Ben had to get at least one more excellent German meal in before he left!
I have been walking in the evenings, all around the village and out in the country too. The people are friendly, mostly, and the views are magnificent. I walk for about an hour each night. So far, I haven't gained any weight, nor have I lost any. Hopefully I will be able to get on enough of a schedule to lose again soon.
Thanks for all of your comments! Please also take the survey if it is still available.
Tschuss!
Nan
3 comments:
i'm praying for you, mom! i know you'll be fine, and the next months will fly by until you can be with dad again. i miss you a lot, but am so happy for you and your adventure. by the way, i got a new phone number. dad has it so next time you talk to him ask him about it. love you terribly!
Caitlin
Yea - week two! So good to hear about it ... I told the little read last night about your new exciting life and said goodbye for you. We are going for Prelutsky next year - finally. The girls flight was cancelled and they are thrilled to stay on a few more days.
I miss you Nan. Keep your chin up and before you know it Ben will be back in your arms. I know it is not easy - Adrian and I were pros at missing each other!
Love you very much.
Deepest prayers,
Molly
Nannie:
Sounds as though you're doing great....in spite of being soooo far away from your brother! Know I miss you and pray for you often....and was frsutrated by not being able to pick up the phone to call on your Birthday!!!! Know I love you,
Chuck
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